Page 6. Facts and figures

Iwi (tribal) identification

In the New Zealand censuses since 1991, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which they were affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated the Marutūahu tribes (including those who indicated more than one tribe), and the regions where they were found in the greatest numbers in 2013.

The only previous census asking Māori to indicate tribal affiliation – but not of multiple tribes – was that of 1901.

Ngāti Maru

1901 census: 1,350

1991 census: 384

2001 census: 2,604

2006 census: 3,375

2013 census: 3,768

Major regional locations

Auckland: 1,230

Waikato: 1,185

Ngāti Pāoa

1991 census: 1,695

2001 census: 2,397

2006 census: 3,375

2013 census: 3,456

Major regional locations

Auckland: 1,440

Waikato: 966

Ngāti Tamaterā

1991 census: 903

2001 census: 1,866

2006 census: 2,460

2013 census: 2,577

Major regional locations

Waikato: 1,152

Auckland: 618

Ngāti Whanaunga

1991 census: 177

2001 census: 399

2006 census: 588

2013 census: 624

Major regional locations

Auckland: 294

Waikato: 177

Treaty settlements

In 2016 the Marutūāhu Iwi Collective, covering the tribes of Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Whanaunga and Te Patukirikiri, was preparing to settle its historic treaty claims. The total financial redress envisaged was valued at $30 million, including the transfer to iwi ownership of Maramarua Crown Forest land.

The Marutūāhu tribes will also share in wider collective treaty settlements that were under negotiation in 2016. The Hauraki Iwi Collective and Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Deeds both acknowledge the treaty claims of these tribes.